Episode 80: Sarah Kelleher Flourish

March 26, 2020
Sarah Kelleher is a high performance coach and strategic consultant supporting individuals, teams, and organizations to flourish by unlocking real and tangible performance in people. She is Associate Consultant Team Coach at Leading Edge, a performance coaching company.

Sarah has been involved in high performance coaching at the international level for over eight years currently in her sixth cycle as Lead Coach, England Hockey Under 18 Girls with experience as assistant coach to GB / England Under 21s. (And we’re talking field hockey her.) Her extensive coaching combined with her own senior international playing career, spanning 10 years AND as Irish Captain, provides her with an in-depth understanding of what it takes to maximize performance in a team.

Sarah specializes is the power of storytelling, develops in teams an understanding of risk-reward, creativity, calm in chaos, and is a strong advocate for other women succeeding. In our conversation, Sarah has useful strategies we can all employ to be our best under pressure, which is something we could all probably use right now as we deal with the chaos of a pandemic.

Sarah Kelleher Twitter
Leading Edge
Lego Serious Play
GB Women’s Field Hockey Gold Medal, Rio Olympics
Angela Duckworth, Grit
Carole Dweck, Mindset
Martin Seligman, Flourish

Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at HearHerSports.com/books.

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